Articulate Storyline can be used to create simple and
functional interfaces and user applications when you mix in the power of APIs. You
can use this tool in unexpected ways to create solutions most wouldn’t expect
you could make with a rapid eLearning development tool. It’s easier than you
might imagine to learn how Storyline can talk to API-enabled systems.

In this session you will learn what APIs are, and how the
Postman application can be used to connect to an API and provide the necessary
JavaScript you’ll use in Storyline, allowing you to use this tool in creative
new ways. You’ll take a closer look at an example of this—a telephone call
recording application and opt out of text message application—and then you’ll learn
the basics yourself by looking at the process for creating a Storyline course
that can pull in content from an external source.

In this session, you
will learn:

How Articulate Storyline can talk with other
systems through the power of APIs

How to use Postman to interact with APIs and
create the JavaScript you’ll need for Storyline

How to catch data from an external system, load
it to a variable, and display it in your course

About the basic schema of JSON and how to parse
it

Why Storyline can’t be put in a box

Why APIs are really powerful tools

About the utility of global variables

Audience:

Designers and developers.

Technology discussed
in this session:

Articulate Storyline, Postman, JavaScript, and JSON.

Benjamin Duffy

Director, Learning & Performance Development

Unum

Benjamin Duffy is a director of learning and performance development at Unum. With more than 25 years of experience in creating digital learning experiences and reference opportunities that span the use of floppy disk to virtual reality, Ben has led training initiatives and teams that supported Unum, Fairchild Semiconductor, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Department of Defense, MCI WorldCom, and FutureHealth. Ben led the Maine ATD eLearning Playgroup from 2007 to 2010, and he has previously presented for The eLearning Guild and at KMWorld.